WACO - The Hillcrest complex on Herring Ave. has closed and will be put on the market for sale. Now 650,000 sf of buildings and parking lots spread across 12 acres is up for sale.

If the Herring campus is not sold in three years, demolition crews will level a part of Waco’s history.

The health care group still operates a clinic and has other property nearby, but the main campus on 12 acres has officially closed, about seven years after the Baylor Scott & White Hillcrest Medical Center opened.

The nearby MacArthur Clinic at 2201 MacArthur Dr. will receive extra staffing, and Hillcrest is providing office space for organizations including Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Hoops for Hope, and Faith in Action Initiatives in a building it owns near the hospital.

The city bought the Hillcrest Tower adjacent to the hospital and made it headquarters for the Waco Police Department.